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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 - 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of Tull's daughters?
(a) Donna and Eula.
(b) Kate and Eula.
(c) Sarah and Anna.
(d) Mary and Marie.

2. What does Cash do after realizing that his mother is dead in Chapter 12: "Darl"?
(a) He calls for Dr. Peabody.
(b) He calls the coroner.
(c) He returns to sawing her casket.
(d) He calls for Vardaman.

3. What animals does Vardaman attack in Chapter 13: "Vardaman"?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Horses.

4. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 8: "Tull"? "His eyes look like pieces of burnt-out cinder fixed in his face, looking out over the land" (11).
(a) Simile.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

5. Who is heard sawing in the distance in Chapter 1: "Darl"?
(a) Vardaman.
(b) Cash.
(c) Tull.
(d) Darl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cora perceive as the sign that Addie has died in Chapter 16: "Tull"?

2. Who is Cora married to?

3. What was Cora cooking that made Vardaman become crazed, according to Tull in Chapter 20: "Tull"?

4. How does Tull describe Vardaman's behavior in Chapter 16: "Tull"?

5. What does Vardaman ask Cash if he is going to do with the coffin in Chapter 15: Vardaman"?

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